Stories from Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Donald Ray Stern, age 86, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, May 25, 2014, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born June 6, 1927, in Westphalia, Kan., the son of Ray Stern and Grace Mitchell Stern. Don graduated from Westphalia High School. ...

Pauline Lucille Plain, age 83, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, May 24, 2014, at Mercy Hospital. She was born Feb. 12, 1931, in Washington, Kan., the daughter of Floyd Raymond Shadden, Sr. and Marie Emmeretta Gruver Shadden. She married Kenneth Leroy Davis on June 11, 1948. ...

Jeanie Murrow, age 71, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2014. She was born on Dec. 8, 1942 at Blue Mound, Kan., the daughter of Lloyd and Betty Johnson Spillman. She graduated from Blue Mound High School. Jeanie married Dean Murrow on Sept. ...

Services for Juanita Kasper, formerly of Fort Scott, are being held at Vancil-Murphy Funeral Home in Springfield, Ill. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, May 30, with funeral services at 11 a.m. Saturday, May. Juanita was born in Jacksonville, Ill., on March 16, 1934 to Goldie and Harry Lowery and passed away on May 22, 2014...

Donna J. Harris, 74, a lifelong resident of Hepler, Kan., died at 5:18 p.m., Sunday, May 25, 2014 in the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg where she entered May 23. She was born Oct. 12, 1939 at rural Hiattville, Kan., a daughter of Edward L. and Margaret (Anderson) Brown. She graduated from Hepler High School...

Linda Sue Carpenter, 71, passed away peacefully Monday morning, May 26 at her home with her family by her side. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Memorial Funeral Chapel in College Station. Interment will follow at Peach Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time at the funeral home...

The Fort Scott Color Jam 5K took place Saturday morning, with participants starting the race at Fort Scott Community College just off Horton Street. The primary purpose of the race was to promote health and wellness. Proceeds from the race benefited the FSCC volleyball team. ...

rned into a piece of furniture for Mary Kay Beaman. Beaman, who owns Mary Kay's Place, an antique shop on the square in Uniontown, purchased the door years ago. "Several years ago, Phillip Shull came to my shop and asked me if I would be interested in a door stored in his garage," Beaman said...

The annual Memorial Day Service was held Monday at the U.S. National Cemetery in Fort Scott. The ceremony included Lt. Col. Mitchell L. Hoines, U.S. Marine Corp., as the featured speaker. The placing of the wreath was by Gold Star Mothers Pam Speer and Sharon Reed. ...

HILLSBORO -- Uniontown freshman Shalina Harper will be the only Eagle participating in the Class 2A State Track and Field Championships this season. Harper finished third in girls' javelin in the Hillsboro Class 2A Regional here Friday to qualify for the State Meet, which will be held at Wichita State University Friday and Saturday...

LOUISBURG --Fort Scott High School's track and field teams will have eight participants in 11 events in the State Track and Field Championships at Wichita this weekend. Those eight along with three other Tigers earned medals at the Louisburg Class 4A Regional Meet here Friday...

The USD 234 Board of Education approved hiring two principals during a special meeting held Wednesday. During the approximately three minute meeting, board members voted unanimously to hire Shawn Thomas of Burlington as the new Fort Scott High School principal, and Jim Howard of Scott City as the new Fort Scott Middle School principal...